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U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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... so we need to hit them again...

If their regular missiles are bad enough, just imagine them with nukes.

They could have had nukes long ago. They exercised restraint. We didn't. Just imagine the regret they are experiencing now.

Basically, Trump has taught some terrible people that they should have been even worse. The lesson will not be lost on their descendants.

Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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The amount of buffoonery on the US side is staggering. 1. Iran is always 2 weeks away from having nuclear missiles. 2. Iran's military capability is destroyed. 3. If Iran had nuclear warheads, it could successfully deploy them against the US. 4. If Iran had nuclear warheads and could deliver them, their leadership is so suicidal/stupid that it would trigger MAD. Truly staggering buffoonery.

The enemy is both strong and weak.

Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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post #3

... so we need to hit them again...

If their regular missiles are bad enough, just imagine them with nukes.

I imagine with nukes they'd be much like Russia, or Pakistan, or India, or China. In other words, showing restraint and intelligence, and having a deterrent against wars of aggression from the world's highest-funded army.

Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

If their regular missiles are bad enough, just imagine them with nukes.

They could have had nukes long ago. They exercised restraint. We didn't. Just imagine the regret they are experiencing now. Basically, Trump has taught some terrible people that they should have been even worse. The lesson will not be lost on their descendants.

And what's truly ironic and moronic, is that the deal the talks are seeking a graceful exit for now would basically be a version of the JCPOA that was withdrawn for pretty much no reason in 2018. Which, if you are Iran, there is zero chance you're going to agree to anything like that anymore now they have all the leverage.

Working hard, thank you!

Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If their regular missiles are bad enough, just imagine them with nukes.

They could have had nukes long ago. They exercised restraint. We didn't. Just imagine the regret they are experiencing now. Basically, Trump has taught some terrible people that they should have been even worse. The lesson will not be lost on their descendants.

I don't think they should be experiencing regret. The power in nukes is not in using them, it's in the threat of using them. The threat of using them keeps you from being attacked, but once you actually use them, so will the other guys.

This war has pulled the tarp off of their control over the Strait of Hormuz though. That's a strategic weapon they can use without getting nuked back. Iran is much stronger than they were before the war; this was their Trinity test.

Re: U.S. intelligence shows Iran retains substantial missile capabilities

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I don’t know if this article was a good fit for HN or not, but you people are just as bad as the Biden-era info suppressors (Jankowitz etc).

Stop trying to control the flow of accurate information when it doesn’t benefit you. Let the crowd decide what’s relevant.

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